Tag: Boko Haram

Boko Haram killed Christian woman’s son to ‘teach her a lesson’ for not converting to Islam

March 1, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Pope Francis

Rebecca Bitrus was abducted by Boko Haram in 2014 and suffered because of her faith. (Photo credit: Claire Giangravé/Crux news agency)

The shocking story of Rebecca Bitrus, a Nigerian woman who suffered terrible abuse after her capture by Boko Haram in 2014, has been shared with Pope Francis at a meeting in the Vatican. Her story, shared as the Colosseum was lit up in red last Saturday (24 February) in support . . . Read More

Amnesty: ‘Discrimination rife in all regions of the world … with deadly consequences’

February 23, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Boko Haram, Censorship, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Fulani herdsmen, Gujrat, Human rights, Iran, Lakshan Dias, Marawi, Mardan, Nadeem Masih, Nawaz Sharif, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Religious freedom, Sri Lanka, Sub-Saharan Africa

Buddhist flags are waved during a mass demonstration against Christianity in Sri Lanka, April 2017. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A review of the human-rights situation in 159 countries during 2017, published by Amnesty International yesterday (22 February), shows that religious persecution continues in the form of threats, attacks, extrajudicial killings and even genocide, while harsh sentences continue to be handed out – sometimes even death sentences – for changing . . . Read More

Fears of ‘another Chibok’ after Boko Haram school attack

February 22, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Islamic extremism, Kidnapping, Leah Sharibu, Nigeria, Yobe

Some of the 21 girls who were released in October 2016. (Photo: Open Doors International)

Fears are growing that the girls still missing after Boko Haram attacked a boarding school in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Yobe on Monday night (19 February) have been taken by the militant group. The attack comes almost four years after Boko Haram kidnapped 276 girls from a boarding school in Chibok, . . . Read More

Imam calls for radical reforms to end extremism and safeguard Eastern Christians

February 21, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Ansar al-Sharia, Ansar Dine, Boko Haram, France, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Paris, Yazidis

Sexual slavery practised by Islamic State (IS) jihadists is condoned in literature that is available at Islamic institutions and should be burnt, a leading imam in France has said. Hocine Drouiche, vice president of the Conference of Imams of France and an imam in Nimes, said that the ideology behind the . . . Read More

Boko Haram leader allowed to walk free – BBC

February 20, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Dapchi, Nigeria

The leader of the radical Islamic group, Boko Haram, was allowed to walk away as the army took over the militants’ main camp in the Sambisa Forest in north-east Nigeria earlier this month, the BBC has revealed. Abubakar Shekau, the country’s most-wanted man, has been designated a terrorist by the . . . Read More

Boko Haram strikes again in northern Cameroon, killing pregnant woman and setting church on fire

February 20, 2018 Cameroon Boko Haram, Cameroon, Far North, Mayo-Tsanaga

In Cameroon’s volatile Far North region, attacks by the radical Islamic group, Boko Haram, have resumed. The region had enjoyed a period of relative calm, with the last attack in 2017 taking place in August. Military campaigns by the Multinational Force – made up of forces from Nigeria, Niger, Chad . . . Read More

Rome’s Colosseum to be floodlit red to remember Asia Bibi and Boko Haram victim

February 8, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Asia Bibi, Boko Haram, Iraq, Italy, Paris, Syria

The Colosseum in Rome will be floodlit in red later this month to highlight the persecution of Christians around the world, particularly in Iraq and Syria. The iconic landmark, in which some of the earliest Christians are believed to have been martyred under the Romans, will be floodlit red on . . . Read More

Nigeria: Fears for captive Chibok girls as Boko Haram forced to flee

February 6, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Lake Chad, Nigeria

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and his fighters have fled their base in the Sambisa Forest for Konduga, an area closer to Borno state capital Maiduguri, reports Nigeria’s Daily Trust. The insurgents have taken with them an “unspecified number” of captives, believed to include the remaining Chibok schoolgirls. Following the . . . Read More

Nigerian Air Force complicit in massacre of Christian villagers, says Amnesty

February 2, 2018 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Gombe, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Fighter jets sent by the Nigerian Air Force fired rockets at villages where Fulani herdsmen were attacking Christian residents, according to a report released this week by Amnesty International. The Nigerian Air Force confirmed that jets were despatched, but said they were instructed to fire only “warning shots” to deter . . . Read More

Boko Haram sets churches on fire in latest attack on Cameroon’s Far North

January 29, 2018 Cameroon Boko Haram, Cameroon, Chad, Churches, Far North, IDPs, Mayo-Tsanaga, Muhammadu Buhari, Niger, Nigeria, UN

Residents of Roum village in the Far North region of Cameroon woke up to two churches and many houses ablaze on the night of 15 January. The fire was claimed by Boko Haram militants, who had stormed the village late at night. Four people were killed. Apart from the Union . . . Read More

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